EVENT COVERAGE

Championship Qualifiers

The 2014 Borgata Fall Poker Open has offered up a lot of things since it started close to two week ago, but the consistent throughout has been “story lines.” Did you hear the one about the full-time plumber who decided to play the $1,000 Six-Max NLH, and best one of the most notable fields of the series? Well that was the plot of Event 15, as Joseph Lipari (Wayne, NJ) navigated his way through Day 1, only to return for Day 2 yesterday and grind his way to the trophy. Lipari was faced with an epic heads-up battle with Jeremy Maher (Warren, NJ), one that saw both players on the verge of winning numerous times.

How about the story about the players that said the tournament win “wasn’t about the money,” and actually meant it? The Event 17 “Shootout” was scheduled for a max of one-hundred players, but once registration was closed, it would be exactly half of that number. So five tables played a single-table “sit and go,” with each table’s winner “advancing” to the tournaments final table. After getting so close, but falling short of the ultimate goal, Jesse Cohen (Ardmore, PA) bested Akash Seth (Lake Ronkonkoma, NY) to get hold of his first ever Borgata Poker trophy.

We’re sure you’ve heard about this one…the relatively unknown player to grind a 19-hour event, only to finish it off by beating a final table consisting of some of the top tournament players in our community? Yes…that happened just hours ago as Alex Umansky (Scarsdale, NY) won Event 16, earning over $49,000, and his first recorded live cash!!! Umansky hit a two-outer with (15) players remaining to stay alive, and rode that good fortune to the win, navigating his way through a final table hosting the likes of Robert Panitch (8th Place), Aditya Prasetyo (3rd Place), and Roman Valerstein (4th Place).

What will the next story be about that we pen on the Borgata Poker Blog? Whatever it is, it’s going to be a big one, as the $2,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em $1,000,000 Guaranteed event begins in just under (30) minutes. Live coverage of the event starts the moment the cards are in the air, and you can expect a lot of story lines to come out of this one. We should also mention that there are three qualifiers to be run today into championship, making it a “major” poker Sunday here at the countries preeminent poker destination.

As Event 14 plays down to a Heads Up Champion and Event 15 is on a dinner break, there is more action starting up in the Signature Room as another Fall Poker Open Championship Qualifier is set to start in just a few moments.

The qualifier is a $270 + $30 re-entry event, that will award one in every ten players a $2,700 entry into the FPO Championship.

Players will begin the qualifier with 15,000 in chips and play 25 minute levels, with re-entry and late registration available through Level 6.

Unfortunately live updates will not cover the qualifiers that will run throughout the series, but that shouldn’t deter you from playing, as turning a $300 buy-in into a piece of a $1,000,000 GTD FPO Championship prize pool, should be all the incentive you need to get in the action.

As Event 3 plays down to the dinner break, there is more action starting up in the Signature Room as the first Fall Poker Open Championship Qualifier is set to start in just a few moments.

The qualifier is a $270 + $30 re-entry event, that will award one in every ten players a $2,700 entry into the FPO Championship.

Players will begin the qualifier with 15,000 in chips and play 25 minute levels, with re-entry and late registration available through Level 6.

Unfortunately live updates will not cover the qualifiers that will run throughout the series, but that shouldn’t deter you from playing, as turning a $300 buy-in into a piece of a $1,000,000 GTD FPO Championship prize pool, should be all the incentive you need to get in the action.